Caisey Griffith of Klamath Falls, Ore., has been accepted into the Peace Corps and will depart for Zambia on August 19, 2019, to begin training as a health volunteer. Griffith will promote maternal and child …
Alumni
Mildred Fish-Harnack honored as hero of resistance to Nazi regime
“Ich habe Deutschland auch so geliebt” “And I have loved Germany so much.” Those were the last words of Mildred Fish-Harnack before the blade of the guillotine fell. She was sentenced to six years of …
Alum Chávez-Moreno receiving Outstanding Dissertation Awards from two AERA SIGs
UW-Madison alumna Laura Chávez-Moreno is receiving Outstanding Dissertation Awards from two different American Educational Research Association (AERA) special interest groups (SIGs).
Peace Corps material: Alumni in service abroad
University of Wisconsin-Madison materials science and engineering students often seek out interesting places to work after they graduate. Some go further afield than most, however: They sign up for stints in the Peace Corps after they receive …
UW-Madison alum Kowalczyk earns Wisconsin Global Educator of the Year award
Sandra Kowalczyk, a reading specialist at Patrick Marsh Middle School in Sun Prairie, received the 2018-19 Wisconsin Global Educator of the Year award in a brief ceremony Jan. 16 at the school.
Alumna Askin on panel about international food and agriculture competition
Molly Askin (MIPA ’03) returned to campus December 7 for the American Antitrust Institute’s Food & Agriculture Competition Roundtable at the University of Wisconsin Law School. She participated on the panel discussion Food Supply Chains: Integration, Globalization, …
Alumnus Speckhard leading merged international humanitarian organization
Daniel Speckhard (MA ’82), a member of the La Follette School’s Board of Visitors, is leading the unified Lutheran World Relief-IMA World Health, after the two faith-based humanitarian organizations merged January 1. Speckhard, a former US …
Bortin’s landmark in journalism saw Russia open up
UW–Madison alumna Meg Bortin went from being a history major to becoming a correspondent and editor at Reuters and the International Herald Tribune. In 1992, she helped found the first independent English language daily newspaper …
Jessica Weeks
Jessica Weeks is fascinated by the “dark side” of international relations: dictatorships. But her award-winning research combats the black-and-white view of authoritarian regimes and democracies. Dictators at War and Peace, published in 2014, classifies regimes to better understand …
Beauty Vanishes
During more than four decades as a photographer, Michael Kienitz ’74 has worked in some of the most beautiful spots in the world — from Peru to the Hindu Kush mountain range near the Afghanistan–Pakistan border. But …